Wildlife & Related

[Doc45]

Saw my first Coatimundi today on the patio. I was standing inside by the French doors directly under the camera. Didn't have my phone handy but here's a security still of him. Additional stock image below since the angle isn't great.

Admittedly the first words out of my mouth were 'What the fook IS that?'

Nice! When I lived (1968-1983) in Tucson my dad (he passed in '92) was a docent at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum so I would go there with him whenever I was on break from school. He was a "snake wrangler". I loved watching the coatis, especially during the cooler months when they were much more active. One of my cousins, while getting her PhD at the U of A, would set up a 6 ft ladder and observe them for part of her program, the Arizona Daily Star even did an article on her-that was in the late 70s.

I always found them very interesting animals.

[Hummer]

We've had 1 & 2 coyotes (and fox) in the yard through Jan and Feb. Last night, this one moved through at 9:18 pm, 2:22 am, and 3:38 am. Neighborhood dog. At one point in the videos, it was jumping at voles under the snow.

This is a still taken from video. The coyote is illuminated front and back because another cam caught it from the opposite side.

Btw, the Browning Dark Ops Extreme trail camera has invisible "night vision" infrared LED illumination up to 80 ft. The flash can't be seen but a tiny red glow comes on at the camera and sometimes birds and mammals notice it. Hummingbirds, woodpeckers and chickadees will sometimes hover in front of it.

Fun to watch.


P.S.: @ sbgixxer, we're at 8500 ft. elevation.

[arbol]

This is what makes it okay for me to walk in the dark.

They are out there, but most of them don't want to eat me.

-John

[Hummer]

[arbol]

OK, so that one wants to eat me. :O

-John

[ChickNorris]

Cherry Creek drive & Holly Street in Denver.

[ChickNorris]

Exotic mantis roaming wild on the patio in Tucson! Bit far from home. Wonder how he got here?

Empusa Pennata

[Hummer]

Exotic mantis roaming wild on the patio in Tucson! Bit far from home. Wonder how he got here?

Empusa Pennata


(Edit - maybe should've put this in wildlife photos)

Crazy weird critters. Once in a while I find them on my hummingbird feeders waiting for a catch.

[rondog]

Saw my first Coatimundi today on the patio. I was standing inside by the French doors directly under the camera. Didn't have my phone handy but here's a security still of him. Additional stock image below since the angle isn't great.

Admittedly the first words out of my mouth were 'What the fook IS that?'

Looks like you're in scorpion city now.....

[Hummer]

When I lived in Patagonia AZ, I saw coatis fairly often. This is part of a group of 27 coati I saw on the continental divide in Costa Rica. Very raccoon like in their habits.